The Difference Between Sadaqah and Zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the difference between sadaqah (voluntary charity) and zakah (the obligatory alms)? Is there a specific limit on how it is distributed?
Answer:
By it, he means the obligatory duty. As for sadaqah, it can be zakah or it can be voluntary. Sadaqah is broader than zakah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the difference between sadaqah (voluntary charity) and zakah (the obligatory alms)? Is there a specific limit on how it is distributed?
Answer:
By it, he means the obligatory duty. As for sadaqah, it can be zakah or it can be voluntary. Sadaqah is broader than zakah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الإشارة في الصلاة لرد السلام أو حاجة تعرض — islamhouse.com (1:07:07)
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